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PART III. COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

TITLE II. ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN

CHAPTER 235. JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION

SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAKEN ON EXECUTION

Chapter 235: Section 42. Return of execution; liability for fraud

Section 42. The officer making such sale shall in his return of the execution particularly describe the property sold and the amount for which each article was sold; and if he is guilty of fraud in the sale or return, he shall be liable in tort to the party injured for five times the amount of the actual damage sustained by reason of such fraud.